CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's Supreme Court threw into doubt the presidential campaign of a prominent opposition leader on Monday by upholding a bar on him holding office.
The Supreme Court ruled as "impracticable" a decision issued last month by the Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights that demanded Venezuelan electoral officials allow Leopoldo Lopez to run for office. ...

I had the pleasure of being in Caracas on April 11, 2002, running through the streets while shots were being fired. I have not been back since. The business climate eroded right after that. Really nice long-legged women there!